Jefferson is now 8-3 after a pair of road losses to Hebron Christian and Flowery Branch Tuesday.

The Dragons return to action Thursday at Rabun County at 6 p.m. and will host a play date Saturday at the Jefferson gym, featuring six teams. Action starts at 9 a.m.

Playing both matches Tuesday at Hebron’s Dacula campus, the Dragons fell to the host Lions 25-16, 25-19 in the first contest.

Cassie Metcalf led Jefferson with five kills and two aces. Taylor Cramsey added five kills and one ace, while Amanda Daniel had three kills and seven assists. Brianna Patterson added two aces.

"We made too many unforced errors against a very good Hebron team,” coach Mike Paul said.

In the second match, Jefferson fell to Flowery branch 25-16, 25-19.

Cramsey led Jefferson with five kills, while Metcalf had four kills and two aces. Other notable performances came from Amanda Daniel (six assists, two kills) and Sarah Wood (two kills, two assists).

"Flowery Branch played great defense and played us as tough as any opponent this year so far,” Paul said.

Prior to Tuesday's matches, Jefferson moved to 8-1 with victories over Archer and George Walton Academy (GWA) last Thursday in a tri-match on the road at Archer High School.

The Dragons defeated Archer 25-16, 25-18 behind Daniel’s 16 assists, six aces and three kills. Metcalf had five kills and four aces, while Eden Starnes added seven kills.

Jefferson then beat GWA 25-21, 23-25, 25-16. Wood played a “very solid floor game,” according to Paul, as the Dragons broke a school record for blocks in the match with seven.

Daniel continued to be the playmaker with 22 assists, four kills and two aces. Other standouts were Metcalf (six kills, seven aces and four digs), Cramsey (15 kills — eight of which were in game three — three aces and two blocks) and Starnes (four kills and two blocks).

E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.Enter the string from the spam-prevention image above:

Phone*

What is three plus four?

Remember Information? Subscribe to this entry

Submitted comments will be subject to moderation before being displayed.